BROUGHTON AUCTION CO LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00011771 · ltd · incorporated 1877-10-20

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£118.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

25 officers (8 active, 25 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

139 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £118,035

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£118k

Current Assets

£121k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£134.1k	—
Current assets	£120.7k	—
Net assets	£118.0k	—
Average employees	—	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-08-12
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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IRVING, Margaret resigned
secretary
2024-01-31
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officers · TM02
2024-01-31
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address · AD01
2023-08-25
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accounts · AA
2023-08-04
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officers · TM01
2023-07-26
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NICHOLSON, David resigned
director
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-10-03
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officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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BENSON, Stephen George appointed
director
2022-09-26
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HOGGARTH, Jonathan David appointed
director
2022-09-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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BOWES, Tom Mayson resigned
director
2022-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-22
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CASE, George resigned
director
2021-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-08-31
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HARTLEY, Christopher Ian resigned
director
2014-03-19
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MCWILLIAM, Jeremy Neil Campbell appointed
director
2013-03-07
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BENSON, Richard Andrew resigned
director
2012-04-01
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KNOWLES, Bryan James appointed
director
2012-03-08
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SAUNDERS, Harold Rowland resigned
director
2008-10-20
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TEMPLE, Neil Antony appointed
director
2008-07-01
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HARRISON, John Moffat resigned
director
2006-05-16
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PARK, Thomas Parr resigned
director
2005-02-07
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BLACK, Katie Louise resigned
secretary
2005-02-07
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IRVING, Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-05-26
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EDMONDSON, Ian appointed
director
2004-01-13
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HOLLAND, Roger David appointed
director
2004-01-13
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NICHOLSON, David appointed
director
2003-11-07
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HARRISON, Joseph Allison resigned
director
2003-05-14
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HARTLEY, Tyson resigned
director
2002-09-01
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BLACK, Katie Louise appointed
secretary
2002-09-01
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KENDAL, Clifford Bateman resigned
secretary
2002-03-26
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KENDAL, Clifford Bateman appointed
secretary
2002-03-26
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WHITTLE, Carol Louise resigned
secretary
1998-10-13
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BARROW, William David resigned
secretary
1998-10-13
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WHITTLE, Carol Louise appointed
secretary
1996-12-22
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EDMONDSON, John Bruce resigned
director
1994-11-22
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HOOL, Frederick Thomas resigned
director
1877-10-20
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Company incorporated
As BROUGHTON AUCTION CO LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 149 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1877-10-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

The Folds

Ulpha

Broughton-In-Furness

LA20 6EX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30